November 3rd, 2009
By Kevin Richard
The IBM Simon first shown in 1992 was the world’s first smartphone. It had all the basics like smartphones have today including a calendar, contacts, clock, and notepad and most important to every person on the go, email. But the smartphone actually didn’t reach large public sales till the 1996 release of the Nokia Communicator line of phones. Seen as a take-with-you-anywhere device within the enterprise segment, this communications tool did not become popular until the larger expansion of Microsoft Exchange and Activesync products.
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October 19th, 2009
By Anthony Naimo
Today, an increasing number of people are accessing the web and email via their cell or smart phones not only to maintain constant contact with their friends, family and colleagues, but also to minimize downtime and remain productive and efficient within the workplace, outside of the workplace and throughout their daily lives.
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October 19th, 2009
By Birge Basik
Shots of Android 2.0 Eclair were leaked and we loved it! The bad news is that the due date of Eclair is not yet set but, with so much good news, I had to list it for you below. I took all the pictures from BGR, thanks for the pics! 
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September 18th, 2009
By Tim Attwood
I was finally able to get my hands on a Palm Prē, and overall I’m pretty impressed. The screen is beautiful, the device fits nicely in the hand, and despite looking tiny, the keyboard is relatively easy to get used to with good tactile feedback.
One of the nicest features is application switching, which you don’t have in devices like the iPhone 3G/3Gs. And moving back and forth within an application is easy with the gesture area. I can imagine this smartphone taking off as a popular handbag accessory. It even has a mirrored surface on the back, although I don’t think it was really intended for that purpose. 
Unfortunately the Palm Pre doesn’t support AutoDiscover or EWS like the recently released HTC Andriod devices. It’s a shame because it makes setup a breeze. The Palm Pre will attempt to auto-configure your email account by trying to look up your mail server and authenticating you. It should work for most standard POP3/IMAP4 accounts but may not work for your Microsoft Exchange account.
But despite not supporting AutoDiscover, setting up your mail2web Mobile Email or myhosting.com Hosted Exchange Email is still easy to do. Read the rest of this entry »
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September 11th, 2009
By Birge Basik
Google announced last Tuesday evening that Gmail was offline approximately for two hours due to a miscalculation in a routine act of maintenance. Roughly 100 minutes of down time made people crazy. Watching the twitter stream of panic and rage caught in 140 character snapshots demonstrated how important is Gmail for many people.
Google’s VP of engineering and site reliability Czar, in a post to the Gmail blog, said, “I’d like to apologize to all of you — today’s outage was a Big Deal, and we’re treating it as such. We’ve already thoroughly investigated what happened, and we’re currently compiling a list of things we intend to fix or improve as a result of the investigation.” However, the company “underestimated the load which some recent changes placed on the request routers.” He wrote, “I’d like to apologize to all of you — today’s outage was a Big Deal, and we’re treating it as such.”
Not to toot our own horn, but during that time period mail2web.com never let you down! We know how important your emails are for you and mail2web Mobile Email didn’t experience any outages, and full email, contact and calendar synchronization for smartphones continued as normal!
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August 28th, 2009
By Tim Attwood
With today’s launch of Snow Leopard, the updated version of Mac OS X, Apple has included a number of improvements, including the highly touted out-of-the-box Exchange support. This includes Exchange support within it’s native applications, including Mail, Address Book and iCal.
Previous versions of Mail have included support for Microsoft Exchange, allowing you to connect to your mail2web Mobile Email Pro account or myhosting.com Hosted Exchange Email using WebDAV integration. This release provides improved Exchange support within Mail by using Exchange Web Services (EWS) integration. This allows for full Email, Notes and Task support within Mail, Contact List and Global Address List support within Address Book, and and Calendar synchronization within iCal.
This raises the bar for Mac OS X, matching a number of the improvements recently released with the Entourage Web Services Edition upgrade and taking it one step further. This now gives Hosted Exchange users a choice to use the tools they are most familiar, be it the built in Mac applications, or the Microsoft Office suite which includes Entourage.
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August 12th, 2009
By Birge Basik
The Palm Pre was released in June by Sprint, but its launch guide was leaked long before. It’s a 23 page booklet prepared for Sprint sales personnel, and includes launch accessories and their prices, service plan options, FAQs and Palm Pre functionality. Palm Pre is the first touch screen phone by Palm. Its new WebOS and Synergy data integration system are making this smart-phone one of the future devices for the next decade. It wins approval and achieved the Best of CES 2009 and the People’s Voice Award. Palm Pre rivals the iPhone in many ways including Web browser and multimedia capabilities.
However, there is an ongoing discussion about the Palm Pre; Does it really support multipe Microsoft Exchange accounts using ActiveSync, or is it just a rumor or urban myth? Here is how this rumor all got started: Check out the 19th page of the User guide. If you are interested, you can read the manual by clicking here.
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August 11th, 2009
By Birge Basik
Windows Mobile 6.5 is expected to be released in the fourth quarter of 2009. This latest mobile platform from Microsoft has an ambitious, finger-friendly honeycomb-style main menu, fingerable home and contact screens, and more. It will be easier to use it than the traditional grid layout. People still think that Windows Mobile is actually a Palm, which is trying to look like a phone. They are arguing that Microsoft needs to throw everything they already have out the door and start from scratch just like Palm did with their Web OS.
I gathered some screen shots from different sources. You can have a look and get an idea about the new touch-friendly Windows Mobile 6.5. Decide for yourself!
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June 17th, 2009
By Celal Ulgen
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the new mail2web.com. If you are reading this we have successfully re-launched mail2web.com with a brand new look. For the last few months, we have been working hard behind the scenes to update the web site from the ground up. As we neared the launch date, things got pretty hectic with all the user testing, last minute changes, and bug fixes. It took us one last big push to put all the pieces together and here we are with the new mail2web.com for all to see!
We’ve made several major changes with this update. I’d like to highlight them here for the benefit of those who are new to mail2web.com and also for our long time users who may have questions or comments as to why we made these changes.
The New Homepage – you better believe it!
Since the inception of mail2web.com, we have embraced a minimalist approach as far as the homepage and religiously stuck to it. As the web site and the business behind it evolved, we started challenging this taboo and the rationale behind it. The challenges came first internally, and later externally when we sought opinions from trusted advisers and mail2web.com aficionados. To our surprise, we were met with responses like “what took you so long…” , “it’s about time…”, and “long overdue”. This set off a chain reaction that has led to a major breakthrough for mail2web.com.
Taking a step back, our rationale for seeking a change was primarily due to mail2web.com expanding its scope beyond the original mail2web Webmail service which millions around the world have embraced and made a part of their daily rituals. As some of you will remember, we have launched email services based on the Microsoft Exchange Email platform a few years back under the mail2web.com brand name and have been quietly promoting it. Based on the interest from the mail2web.com community and the traction we’ve got in the email services market, we’ve decided to pursue the Hosted Exchange email opportunity more aggressively. Positive feedback we’ve received externally coupled with our growing base of email customers, we thought it was time to give our email service its well deserved spot on the homepage right next to its older sibling, mail2web Webmail. And as they say, the rest is history!
From mail2web Live to mail2web Mobile Email
For the benefit of those of you who are new to mail2web.com, mail2web Live was the name of our Microsoft Exchange based email service we have been providing since 2006. As we were going through user testing, it became abundantly clear the mail2web Live name was creating confusion among the first time visitors to mail2web.com, or at best not communicating what the service is in an instant. At first, we contemplated dropping “Live” and just calling the service mail2web Email, which solved the confusion issue and clarified the service being offered. However, it wasn’t quite enough. We needed something more contemporary in the day and age of mobility; something that we thought would resonate better with the mail2web.com community. The next thing we knew, “mail2web Mobile Email” was born.
Old school, new school
We have kept the look and feel of the top navigation the same for our existing users whilst streamlining and consolidating content to fewer tabs. For our long time users who prefer the old homepage of mail2web.com, you can rest easy. The old login can be found at http://mail2web.com/login. The PDA and Chat logins are still at their old URLs, which can be found under the Webmail tab. Outlook web access (OWA) login page for mail2web Mobile Email customers (formerly known as mail2web Live) has also remained at the same URL: http://ex7.mail2web.com/live. The same goes for the OWA for domain based Hosted Exchange business customers: the login can be located at http://ex7.mail2web.com.
Last but not least, I’d like take this opportunity to shamelessly plug our new community portal at http://mail2web.com/help. This section of the web site has been built to serve you better and to give every member of the mail2web.com community a voice in the evolution of our services. Please take a moment to check out our blog, forums and ideas pages. Share your thoughts about the new look of mail2web.com, our services, your concerns, questions and ideas. We are listening and you can rest assured that every single opinion counts.
Thanks in advance for your continued support, and for spreading the word about the new mail2web.com!
Celal Ulgen
CMO
SoftCom Inc.
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March 30th, 2009
By Sully Syed
The first Google Android OS cell phone, the T-Mobile G1, is considered a best seller by anyone’s standards, with 1 million devices sold in just 61 days (a faster pace than the first iteration of the Apple iPhone). While I’ve personally been pleased with its performance during my long-term testing of the device, I’ve noticed that many people I talk to are instantly dismissive of the the G1 – considering it a flawed first effort.
Commonly, this criticism traces back to the lack of proper Microsoft Exchange support on the device. Sure, you could always have your G1 log in and poll your Exchange mailbox using the standard IMAP4 e-mail protocol, but then you’ve sacrificed all the features that make consumers and corporations choose Exchange over simple e-mail: The integrated contacts list, the terrific calendar functionality, extra e-mail features, built-in security, and a first-class desktop application for when you are at your desk. Read the rest of this entry »
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